K-Pax (45 page)
I
ha
d
a
hunc
h
I
wa
s
o
n
t
o
somethin
g
here
.
"Bu
t
i
f
someon
e
di
d
commi
t
a
crime
,
shouldn'
t
suc
h
a
person-uh
,
being-b
e
locke
d
u
p
fo
r
th
e
goo
d
o
f
everyon
e
else?"
pro
t
wa
s
clearl
y
becomin
g
irate
.
"Le
t
m
e
tel
l
yo
u
something
,
doc,
"
h
e
almos
t
snarled
.
"Mos
t
humans
subscrib
e
t
o
th
e
polic
y
o
f
`a
n
ey
e
fo
r
a
n
eye
,
a
lif
e
fo
r
a
life.
'
Man
y
o
f
you
r
religion
s
ar
e
famou
s
fo
r
this formula
,
whic
h
i
s
wel
l
know
n
throughou
t
th
e
UNIVERS
E
fo
r
it
s
stupidity
.
You
r
chris
t
an
d
you
r
buddha
ha
d
a
differen
t
vision
,
bu
t
nobod
y
pai
d
an
y
attentio
n
t
o
them
,
no
t
eve
n
th
e
christian
s
an
d
buddhists
.
On
K-PA
X
ther
e
i
s
n
o
crime
,
yo
u
dig
?
An
d
i
f
ther
e
were
,
ther
e
woul
d
b
e
n
o
punishment
.
Apparentl
y
thi
s
is
impossibl
e
fo
r
EART
H
being
s
t
o
understand
,
bu
t
it'
s
th
e
secre
t
o
f
life
,
believ
e
me!
"
B
y
no
w
prot'
s
eyes wer
e
buggin
g
an
d
hi
s
breathin
g
wa
s
hard
.
I
sense
d
i
t
wa
s
tim
e
t
o
en
d
th
e
day'
s
session
,
i
f
somewhat
prematurely.
"
I
admi
t
yo
u
hav
e
a
poin
t
there
.
An
d
b
y
th
e
way
,
I'
m
afrai
d
I'
m
goin
g
t
o
hav
e
t
o
cu
t
ou
r
sessio
n
a
littl
e
shor
t
today
.
I
hop
e
yo
u
don'
t
mind
.
I
hav
e
a
n
importan
t
meetin
g
whic
h
couldn'
t
b
e
rescheduled.
Woul
d
i
t
b
e
al
l
righ
t
wit
h
yo
u
i
f
w
e
continu
e
wit
h
thi
s
nex
t
week?"
Calme
r
now
,
bu
t
no
t
much
:
"Perfectly.
"
Withou
t
anothe
r
wor
d
h
e
go
t
u
p
an
d
stalke
d
out.
I
sa
t
i
n
m
y
examinin
g
roo
m
fo
r
a
fe
w
minute
s
afte
r
h
e
ha
d
gone
,
thinking
.
Unti
l
tha
t
momen
t
I
had
see
n
n
o
evidenc
e
o
f
anger
,
an
d
rarel
y
eve
n
a
frown
,
i
n
thi
s
patient
.
No
w
i
t
appeare
d
tha
t
jus
t
belo
w
the
surfac
e
la
y
a
seethin
g
cauldron
,
a
volcan
o
tha
t
coul
d
erup
t
a
t
an
y
time
.
Ha
d
i
t
erupte
d
i
n
th
e
past?
Hysterica
l
amnesi
a
sometime
s
result
s
fro
m
a
violen
t
an
d
irreversibl
e
act
.
Ha
d
prot
,
i
n
fact
,
killed
someone
,
possibl
y
o
n
Augus
t
17
,
1985
?
A
s
a
precaution
,
shoul
d
I
hav
e
hi
m
transferre
d
t
o
War
d
Four?
I
decide
d
agains
t
th
e
latte
r
move
,
whic
h
migh
t
hav
e
drive
n
hi
m deepe
r
int
o
hi
s
seemingl
y
impenetrable
shell
.
Besides
,
al
l
thi
s
wa
s
pur
e
speculatio
n
a
t
thi
s
point
.
An
d
eve
n
i
f
correct
,
h
e
wa
s
unlikel
y
t
o
become
violen
t
unles
s
w
e
mad
e
substantia
l
progres
s
towar
d
unravelin
g
hi
s
pas
t
actions
,
th
e
precipitant
s
o
f
his
amnesia
,
a
developmen
t
I
welcomed
.
Nevertheless
,
I
woul
d
notif
y
th
e
staf
f
an
d
securit
y
offic
e
o
f
the
potentia
l
problem
,
hav
e
hi
m
watche
d
mor
e
closely
,
an
d
conduc
t
subsequen
t
interview
s
wit
h
greater
caution
.
I
decide
d
als
o
t
o
notif
y
th
e
polic
e
departmen
t
abou
t
a
possibl
e
violen
t
altercatio
n
som
e
fiv
e
years
earlier
,
hopin
g
i
t
woul
d
hel
p
the
m
t
o
trac
k
hi
m
down
,
somethin
g
ou
r
previou
s
clue
s
ha
d
faile
d
t
o
do.